Why billionaire Ken Griffin has been on a real estate spending spree

It’s not enough for him to own the country’s most expensive home. Just months after buying the rec­ord-breaking $238 million quadplex on Central Park South, hedge-fund billionaire Ken Griffin has foun...

Couple must return $120,000 after bank error prompted spending spree Robert and Tiffany Williams bought a camper, race car and gave money to friends before the bank realized the errorA Pennsylvania couple who went on a giddy spending spree after a bank accidentally deposited $120,000 into their account are now regretting their spendthrift ways after going to trial on...2019-09-10, 22:52

Norwich spurn spending spree as promoted sides stay cautious | Ben Fisher Daniel Farke and Chris Wilder are keen to learn from others’ mistakes and resisting the urge to splash out excessivelyIt is hardly a science but for a rough indication of how promoted clubs can best make a fist of staying up, perhaps it is best to examine some of the more disastrous recent attempts....2019-07-18, 17:13

Billionaire sells his smaller Hamptons estate for $42.5M Natural gas billionaire Michael S. Smith and his wife Iris have finally sold their contemporary Hamptons beach house for close to its last asking price of $42.5 million, sources tell the Post. The couple made an even bigger splash in 2016, when they paid $110 million for property on East HamptonR...2019-06-20, 22:52

Flipping Out Over Real Estate… Again Speculators looking for a "fast buck" turned to day trading in the late 1990s. After the ensuing bear market, house flipping became a fad. But the big housing bust only put the kibosh on this pursuit temporarily. Will a big lesson have to be learned all over again?...2019-06-28, 02:39

Why Chinese real estate empire lost $5B Billions of dollars were wiped off the value of a Shanghai real estate empire this week after its founder was detained by Chinese police, reportedly on suspicion of child molestation....2019-07-06, 00:26

Real Estate: Will Prices Stay Unaffordable? "U.S. Median Single-Family Median Annual Sales Price" may be a mouthful, but the chart you'll see in this 2-minute video is anything but confusing.
Watch where prices have gone from the 1980s through today -- and see a clear conclusion as to what's next....2019-05-21, 15:13

Is Real Estate Crowdfunding a Good Investment? Ask a rich person how they got rich, and there’s a good chance they’ll say they invested in real estate. In fact, real estate is generally accepted as one of the most solid ways to build wealth. That’s why there’s no shortage of people who long to buy a home and watch its value rise over time. There...2019-08-22, 08:26

TEKNET: Tucson real estate on the rise TUCSON – It may be heating up outside but things are also heating up in the Tucson real estate market.
News 4 Tucson’s Nick VinZant has more from the TEKNET Center in the video below:...2019-06-22, 11:00

Celebrities developing real estate in their second acts The 168-unit 50 Rector Park rental — the first market-rate residential high-rise constructed in Newark, NJ, since 1962 — opened last Saturday. The 23-story building has a roof deck with cabanas, a residents’ lounge and units (from $1,800 for a studio) with floor-to-ceiling windows. But residents als...2019-06-20, 03:52

A-Rod takes bigger swing at residential real estate in NYC Yankee legend Alex Rodriguez is continuing his apartment buying spree in New York City — just not with Barbara Corcoran. Earlier this month, The Post exclusively reported that the retired third baseman had teamed up with the “Shark Tank” judge to buy a 21-unit rental building in the East Village — t...2019-06-27, 19:13

Why foreign buyers invest in US residential real estate Chris Marlin of Lennar International says foreign buyers of U.S. property have been a "fair mixture" of seeking yield and self-use in the past few years. He also weighs in on the impact of the U.S.-China trade war on Chinese real estate investments in America....2019-06-11, 07:13

Real estate magnate claims sister bilked him out of $7M The owner of some prime real estate in Manhattan alleges in a lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court that his sister swindled his businesses out of $7 million and that she doled out the ill-gotten gains to her relatives and employees. Steve Silverberg controls several realty companies with holding...2019-06-12, 10:26

The fashion set’s star-studded real estate deals Designer life in the country Luxury menswear designer Joseph Abboud (who got his start with Ralph Lauren before launching his own label) has dropped the price of his Bedford, NY, home from $3.65 million to $3.15 million. The historic carriage house, at 77 Pound Ridge Road (not far from Lauren and Ma...2019-09-05, 00:52

Real estate company Avison Young moving to Fifth Ave. The commercial real estate company Avison Young will move its NYC headquarters to 45,000 square feet at 530 Fifth Ave., where the brokerage is also the agent for the RXR-owned building. The company will occupy part of the third and the entire fourth floor, which will be connected by a new interior s...2019-07-31, 18:39

Blackstone may buy out Indiabulls Real Estate's commercial properties -ET Blackstone Group is set to buy the
remaining 50% stake in Indiabulls Real Estate's
commercial properties for about 48 billion rupees ($688.8
million), the Economic Times (ET) reported https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/property-/-cstruction/blackstone-indiabulls-set-for-rs-4800-c...2019-08-05, 09:00

Here's what's happening in the New York City luxury real estate market Two giant real estate deals were announced in New York City, sparking hope of a potential rebound in luxury Manhattan real estate but a closer look reveals there may be trouble on the horizon. Cody Vichinsky, co-founder of luxury broker Bespoke Real Estate, joins "Squawk Box" to discuss....2019-06-06, 19:26

Real estate broker Robert Futterman says he won’t sit idly by after firing Robert K. Futterman doesn’t need rehab, he needs a hug. As The Post reported Wednesday, the star broker was fired “for cause” on Tuesday because he had been behaving “erratically,” including interrupting company CEO Barry Gosin during a recent presentation. The firing also followed a drug bust in Te...2019-05-31, 05:13

How books are helping employees bond at this real estate company Sylvia Plath’s semi-autobiographical 1963 book “The Bell Jar” is most likely to be found in a sophomore English class, pored over by high-school students. But recently at Squarefoot, a commercial real estate company based in Manhattan, it was the chosen book title for the office book club. “People r...2019-09-14, 16:26

New York City Real Estate Savors a Tech Boom Technology companies are adding millions of square feet in office space and creating thousands of local jobs, with few repercussions from Amazon’s rejection of a Queens headquarters....2019-07-10, 19:26

Millennials can’t afford real estate — destined to remain sad apartment dwellers The American Dream for millennials just turned a new corner: Thanks to soaring student debt and crushing financial liabilities, homeownership is not in view. Despite a slight uptick lately, the homeownership rate among millennials remains the lowest compared with previous generations. Roughly 1 in 3...2019-09-01, 10:00

Hong Kong needs to worry about its real estate market: State Street Daniel Gerard of State Street Global Exchange says the protests in Hong Kong are not a major factor affecting markets, but the city needs to worry about controlling housing conditions, rent prices and how that plays into discontent in the population....2019-08-01, 01:52

House-flipping tips from HGTV's real estate pro Tarek El Moussa "Flip or Flop" star Tarek El Moussa has bought and resold hundreds of homes and made millions. The real estate investor recently spoke with CNBC about how to succeed in the competitive business of buying fixer-uppers and renovating them for profit....2019-08-27, 18:00

Major real estate developer takes on Trump's immigration policy The construction industry is heavily dependent on Hispanic and Latino workers, a workforce that diminished during the last housing crisis and has not come close to full recovery. A major developer sent this letter to his employees....2019-07-22, 20:26

NYU professor rakes in millions from sweet real estate deal with school A New York University law school professor struck it rich, raking in $8.3 million from the university thanks to a sweetheart real estate deal. Richard Stewart, who heads the Frank J. Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy, and Land Use Law, reaped the windfall from the 2017 sale of a townhouse on C...2019-08-11, 12:13

Rent reform laws stir woes in NYC’s real estate industry As the industry awaits the litigation of the upcoming constitutional challenges to the newly enacted apartment rent laws, executives are counseling clients and calculating their next moves. “The scary thing is what it portends for future government actions and the economic impacts,” says Jay Nevelof...2019-07-10, 06:39

FOCUS-Hudson's Bay's chairman's buyout bid pits retail vs real estate The success of Hudson's Bay Co
Executive Chairman Richard Baker's $1.3 billion bid to take the
department store operator private hinges on whether an
independent valuator will view the company more as a retailer
and less as a real estate owner, corporate governance experts
and analysts said....2019-06-23, 08:26

Real Madrid Are Spending Big To Strike Fear Once Again Three managers in one season; a distant third place in La Liga; an early come-from-ahead Champions League exit; the continued ignominy of paying Gareth Bale’s massive wages. The 2018-19 season was not a good one for Real Madrid, who saw their streak of three straight (and four out of the last five)...2019-06-14, 00:00

Real Estate Title Firm’s Lapse Exposes Data In 885M Files SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A respected security blog is reporting that a flaw on the website of a major real estate title company exposed the bank account numbers and other sensitive information contained in 885 million files.
Krebs On Security says the data collected by First American Financial could...2019-05-25, 16:13

Report: Real estate title firm exposes data in 885M flies SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A respected security blog is reporting that a flaw on the website of a major real estate title company exposed the bank account numbers and other sensitive information contained in 885 million files.
Krebs On Security says the data collected by First American...2019-05-25, 00:26

Real estate broker Robert Futterman fired from his company after drug bust New York real estate broker Robert Futterman has been fired from his own company, The Post has learned. Futterman, who last year sold his firm Robert K. Futterman & Associates to BGC Partners and Newmark and has been chairman of Newmark RKF, was terminated “for cause,” on Tuesday, a BGC spokeswoman ...2019-05-29, 19:26

Bill Ackman-linked real estate company soars on sale news A real estate investment company linked to billionaire Bill Ackman soared more than 35 percent Thursday after it confirmed a report that it had hired an investment bank to explore a possible sale. Howard Hughes Corporation, which counts developments in New York City’s South Street Seaport among its ...2019-06-27, 22:39

Ohio real-estate developers ditch ‘blockchain hub’ plans over lack of interest Real-estate developers attempting to reinvigorate a failing shopping mall with the blockchain are stepping away from the idea after realizing it’s not what the public want. The shopping mall, located in Cleveland, Ohio’s Tower City was originally planned to become a “blockchain-focused technology hu...2019-07-03, 05:52

Housing Secretary Ben Carson confuses real estate term ‘REO’ with Oreo cookies That’s the way the cookie crumbles for Ben Carson. The HUD secretary is making light of his embarrassing gaffe during a congressional hearing, where he got the stuffing knocked out of him for confusing a real estate abbreviation with an Oreo cookie. During a hearing hosted by the House Financial Ser...2019-05-22, 19:26

Aaron Spelling’s mansion sells for $120M — setting California real estate record An opulent Los Angeles estate, fittingly dubbed The Manor, has sold in a record-breaking transaction. The colossal 56,000-square-foot mansion—slightly larger than the White House—changed hands for $120 million in an all-cash deal, sources confirmed to Mansion Global. With its $120 million sale price...2019-07-03, 23:52

‘Undercover Billionaire’ Glenn Stearns isn’t really a billionaire: report A California businessman who is portrayed as a billionaire in a new Discovery Channel reality show is nowhere near that wealthy, according to a report Friday. Glenn Stearns, 56 — a mortgage firm founder who stars in the series “Undercover Billionaire” — actually boasts a net worth of roughly $...2019-09-14, 01:39

Griffin: Pels 'right environment' for Zion, AD Pelicans executive vice president David Griffin said New Orleans is creating the "right environment" to attract top draft prospects like Zion Williamson and Ja Morant, and to potentially retain Anthony Davis....2019-05-22, 03:26

Sources: Davis meets with Pelicans EVP Griffin Anthony Davis, who requested a trade from the Pelicans in January, and EVP David Griffin, who was hired in April, are expected to continue a dialogue in the near future, sources told ESPN....2019-05-29, 23:13

David Griffin: Zion Williamson isn’t the Pelicans’ savior After agreeing to trade franchise star Anthony Davis to the Lakers last week, Zion Williamson became the clear heir apparent to take the reins as the Pelicans’ new hero. After selecting Williamson with the first overall pick in the NBA draft Thursday night, general manager David Griffin wants to eas...2019-06-22, 00:39

David Griffin And LeBron James Are No Longer Pals Pelicans general manager David Griffin is one of the toasts of the NBA these days. He will be remembered as the guy who reversed the fortunes of that franchise at the end of the Anthony Davis era, by drafting Zion Williamson and by flipping Davis for a package of useful players and valuable draft as...2019-08-02, 06:52

Inside the surreal mind of Brian Griffin – in pictures Griffin is known for his striking shots of everyone from Kate Bush and Elvis Costello to Iggy Pop. These early black and white images show why the smartest pop stars sought him out Continue reading......2019-06-06, 09:52

David Griffin appears to be in trouble with LeBron James Pelicans boss David Griffin has been lauded across the league for his handling of the Anthony Davis saga and subsequent trade, but his recent interview with Sports Illustrated might have made an enemy of LeBron James. Griffin, who was the general manager of the James-led Cavaliers from 2014 to 2017,...2019-08-02, 21:13

Angels vs. A’s: Frankie Montas and Griffin Canning will make runs scarce The Los Angeles Angels’ pitching staff registered a collective 5.20 ERA in May. But one bright spot was the discovery of potential future ace Griffin Canning. He made his debut April 30 and has allowed more than two runs in just one of his five May starts, posting a 2.57 ERA, with opponents hitting ...2019-06-05, 00:26

Jets sign Ryan Griffin to help fill temporary tight end hole Just days before training camp, the Jets addressed some depth. Gang Green agreed to a deal with tight end Ryan Griffin on Monday, according to sources. Griffin spent the past six seasons with the Texans. Jets starting tight end Chris Herndon is suspended for the first four games of the season after ...2019-07-23, 00:13

Who is next in big pharma's merger spree? Consolidation in the U.S. healthcare industry, which has already witnessed a string of multi-billion dollar deals, is expected to remain a major theme for the rest of 2019....2019-08-20, 03:52

Winning a title ruined LeBron James, made David Griffin ‘miserable’ The reason it looks like LeBron James cares a little bit less now than he did a few years ago might just be that he cares a little bit less now than he did a few years ago. David Griffin, James’ GM in Cleveland, is squarely in that camp. “There wasn’t a lot else for......2019-08-02, 00:39

| Arsenal have 'ammunition' for transfer spree Arsenal have enough "ammunition" to sign their top transfer targets regardless of whether they qualify for the Champions League, according to head of football Raul Sanllehi....2019-05-22, 22:00

Rice cooker bomb scare suspect Larry Griffin II has prior bestiality arrest The suspect wanted for Friday’s rice cooker bomb scare is a 26-year-old West Virginia native who is facing charges in his home state for allegedly sending bestiality videos involving a chicken to a minor, law enforcement sources told The Post. Cops believe Larry Griffin II, of Bruno, is the sa...2019-08-17, 03:39

Rice cooker subway scare suspect Larry Griffin in plea talks: lawyer The West Virginia drifter who caused a bomb scare last week after placing two rice cookers in a subway station is in plea talks with Manhattan prosecutors, his lawyer said Friday. Larry Griffin, 26, was arrested and slapped with felony charges for allegedly placing the fake bombs in the Fulton Stree...2019-08-23, 22:00

Man convicted for 2018 vehicle theft spree Cory Poe/ Pima County Attorney’s Office
TUCSON – A man accused of stealing multiple vehicles during a 2018 crime spree was found guilty Friday in connection to the incidents.
According to Pima County Attorney’s Office, Cory Poe was taken into custody after he allegedly stole three ...2019-09-10, 02:26

4 dead, 2 injured after California man goes on stabbing spree GARDEN GROVE, Calif. — A man killed four people and wounded two in a string of robberies and stabbings in California’s Orange County before he was arrested, police said Wednesday. The 33-year-old Garden Grove man was taken into custody after dropping a knife and a gun, authorities said. His na...2019-08-08, 08:13

California stabbing spree leaves four dead, two wounded California police on Thursday were trying to determine why a man went on a stabbing and robbery spree in two communities near Los Angeles the previous day, killing four people and wounding two others in what appeared to be a random outburst of violence....2019-08-08, 23:52

Hey big spender: UK court details woman’s $21M Harrods spree LONDON (AP) — Court documents reveal that a woman suspected by British authorities of having ill-gotten wealth spent 600,000 pounds ($760,000) in one day at upmarket department store Harrods and once forked out 30,000 pounds on chocolates.
Zamira Hajiyeva is the first person subject to an Unexplaine...2019-05-28, 18:52

Deutsche Bank in wealth management hiring spree Deutsche Bank plans to hire 300
more relationship and investment mangers for its wealth
management business by 2021, as part of a plan to bulk up in
areas the German lender hopes will bring steadier revenue
streams....2019-06-30, 11:39

Two killed including girl, 12, in Japan stabbing spree Two people, including a 12-year-old girl, were killed and at least 15 other children hurt in a stabbing spree in Japan on Tuesday -- a rare act of public violence in a country considered one of the safest in the world....2019-05-28, 07:26

Cardinals rout Rockies behind early homer spree St. Louis' Dexter Fowler and Kolten Wong started the game with consecutive home runs, and the Cardinals also got leadoff homers in the second, third and fourth innings en route to a 10-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Thursday in Denver....2019-09-13, 05:00

Multiple victims in Texas shooting spree, police say Several people were killed and over 20 wounded in a rampage which started as a traffic stop in the US state of Texas. The suspect had been gunned down by the police after targeting "random people" from a postal van....2019-09-01, 08:26

Cops tackle knife-wielding man after stabbing spree in NYC A career criminal stabbed a straphanger on a Manhattan train — and then knifed another man who tried to stop him from running away from cops in a caught-on-camera pursuit, police sources said Wednesday. The subway victim, 55, was aboard a southbound A train near Canal Street around 7:20 p.m. T...2019-07-31, 23:52

Gold Resumes Record Breaking Spree After A Day's Break Resuming its record run, gold prices hit an all-time high of Rs 39,970 per 10 grams in Delhi on Wednesday. The prices of yellow metal jumped Rs 300 on higher demand from jewellers. Gold's appeal as a......2019-08-28, 17:13

Cops hunt for suspect in Manhattan hotel burglary spree He’s cleaning up! A serial burglar posing as a guest duped housekeepers at six different hotels into letting him into rooms as they were being tidied — and then swiped thousands of dollars worth of cash, jewelry and electronics once he was inside, police said. The crime spree began on July 23,...2019-08-10, 04:13

4 killed, 2 wounded in stabbing spree in Southern California, police say Garden Grove police work the scene of a stabbing in Garden Grove, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. A man killed multiple people and wounded others in a string of robberies and stabbings in California’s Orange County before he was arrested, police said Wednesday.Alex Gallardo / AP
By Phil Helse...2019-08-08, 17:00

Eoin Morgan’s six-hitting spree has got England buzzing, says Joe Root • Batsman unsurprised by Morgan’s 17 sixes against Afghanistan• ‘It gives the dressing room a huge amount of confidence’Eoin Morgan claimed his six-hitting spree against Afghanistan went beyond his wildest dreams but, for Joe Root, who watched all but one of the 17 record-breaking blows from the non...2019-06-19, 20:13

Homeless man suspected in Manhattan ‘hate spree’ smiles in court A homeless man smiled during his arraignment Sunday morning on a series of “hate crime” attacks this month on random Manhattan pedestrians. Todd Lyons, 33, had been free on two previous assaults in The Bronx and Manhattan when cops suspect he committed as many as seven new attacks; all t...2019-08-25, 10:39

The Quick Read About… Turkey’s Troubling Russian Shopping Spree What Happened This Week:
Back in 2017, Turkey agreed to purchase Russia’s advanced S-400 air defense missile system over the strong objections of both the US and NATO, of which Turkey is a member. Turkey has been adamant it will follow through with the purchase, and delivery of the missile sys...2019-06-14, 21:52

California cops release graphic video of stabbing spree Graphic video released Thursday shows a crazed gang member using two large knives to slash a female office worker during a stabbing rampage in Southern California in which he allegedly killed four people. The 54-year-old woman can be seen sitting in a small insurance office when a man in a blue hood...2019-08-09, 10:52

Champions League win could spark Tottenham trophy spree, says Mourinho • Mourinho says for Klopp to lose third final would be ‘really hard’• Former Chelsea manager expects Eden Hazard to leave clubJosé Mourinho believes Tottenham could go on a trophy spree if they win the Champions League final against Liverpool.“Spurs is not winning titles and to win the first one, th...2019-05-24, 13:13

Nets’ summer spree a telling sign of Joe Tsai’s ownership Last year, Nets GM Sean Marks vowed that ownership — then split between Mikhail Prokhorov and Joe Tsai — would be willing to spend when the moment called for it. Apparently the moment called. And Tsai answered by opening his wallet and spending big. After landing Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and DeAnd...2019-08-27, 01:26

Tories continue Facebook ad spree as 'major bugs' block transparency Tools to crack down on ‘dark money’ political ads are ineffective, researchers say“Major bugs” in Facebook’s political transparency tools are preventing researchers and journalists from holding advertisers to account, according to a report from Mozilla.It comes as the Conservative party is spending ...2019-07-31, 17:52

Canadian pension giant plans hiring spree in Asia, Europe Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan,
one of the world's biggest pension funds, plans to hire
"extensively" in Asia and Europe over the next two years and
could shift an extra C$11 billion ($8.3 billion) into
infrastructure and other real assets, its chief executive told
Reuters....2019-08-14, 16:00

Riverside Church pastor tight-lipped on alleged sex-toy shopping spree She’s taking a vow of silence. The Rev. Dr. Amy Butler, ousted pastor of Riverside Church, was tight-lipped Friday morning when asked about the sex-toy shopping spree scandal that torpedoed her cushy career. A grim-faced Butler stepped out of her West 104th Street apartment building carrying a...2019-07-12, 21:13

Group Nine Media owner acquires $50 million, preps for digital spree Ben Lerer, the CEO of Thrillist owner Group Nine Media, just got $50 million to play with — and he’s planning to use at least some of that money to hunt for digital bargains. The digital media company, which also runs Seeker and NowThisNews, landed a $50-million round of funding this week from backe...2019-09-13, 10:26

California cops release graphic video of deadly stabbing spree Graphic video released Thursday shows a crazed gang member using two large knives to slash a female office worker during a stabbing rampage in Southern California in which he allegedly killed four people. The 54-year-old woman can be seen sitting in a small insurance office when a man in a blue hood...2019-08-09, 06:52

Texas spree shooter Seth Ator called cops, FBI shortly before massacre Texas mass shooter Seth Ator made a pair of “rambling” phone calls to local cops and the FBI shortly before his rampage that left seven people dead — but gave no indication of the bloodshed he was about to unleash, authorities said Monday. When Ator, 36, showed up for work Saturday as a ...2019-09-03, 02:26

New Ford Focus ST estate revealed Ford’s Skoda Octavia vRS estate rival is priced from £30,595 and on sale in the summer
Ford has released the first images of the new Focus ST in load-lugging estate form ahead of orders opening in the summer.
Like the hatchback, the ST estate will be available in both diesel and petrol forms, with ...2019-05-21, 14:52

Mary Max’s estate could all go to her disabled mother The mother of Mary Max — who was married to famed pop artist Peter Max and took her own life in June — stands to inherit her daughter’s entire estate, according to new court records. Mary’s brother, Daniel Balkin, filed an Administration Petition in Manhattan Surrogate’s court on behalf of his...2019-08-16, 15:39

Forbes names Jay-Z the first hip-hop billionaire Forbes announced Monday that Jay-Z has become the first hip-hop artist to rack up a billion-dollar fortune, thanks to lucrative investments in real estate, art, liquor and businesses like Uber.
...2019-06-04, 02:26

James Ruppert: What's the best sub-£6000 second-hand estate? Merc C180 wagon is a posh way to carry things for £6000
All the comfort of an executive saloon with the practicality of a van, and yours for the price of a middle-aged Polo
I like questions and I’m always super-happy to take a run at them, even if the details are a bit patchy. But hey, that gives...2019-08-21, 07:13

Sugar Ray Leonard lists his epic estate for $52M Sugar Ray Leonard has listed his Pacific Palisades estate for a hard-hitting $51.9 million. The 16,700-square-foot property has a swimming pool, tennis court, putting green and tons of Old World charm. It’s no wonder why the boxing champ and his wife enjoyed this Los Angeles, California, estat...2019-07-23, 19:39

John Stamos swaps bachelor pad for $5.75M estate “Fuller House” star John Stamos is the proud papa of this $5.75 million home in Hidden Hills, California. The 1.5-acre Cape Cod-style equestrian estate has six bedrooms, six bathrooms, a pool, firepit and recording studio — located in a separate guest house. Subscribe to our YouTube!...2019-08-14, 18:39

Matt Prior: Goodbye useful estate, hello drop-top SUV The Country Tourer’s usefulness wasn’t reflected in its sales
Vauxhall axed the Insignia Country Tourer as Volkswagen launched the T-Roc Cabriolet. What does this say about car buyers?
Siri, give me an allegory for the state of British car buyers.”
“Certainly. Vauxhall has axed the Insignia Coun...2019-08-30, 01:39

'My father's estate was a complete mess – he left no will' How one daughter dealt with the complex financial aftermath of her parent’s deathCan any of us be prepared for the death of a parent? Dealing with the shock and pain of grief, and then having to manage all the different financial aspects in a level-headed manner, can be daunting.There are practical ...2019-06-15, 14:00

Volkswagen Passat GTE Estate 2019 review Plug-in hybrid Passat gets extra electric range and a lower price. Retains plenty of performance, with a multi-faceted, grown-up character that should suit a broad church.
The eighth-generation VW Passat isn’t dead, and isn’t about to be killed off by the mercurial rise of the family SUV either, V...2019-06-19, 16:01

Three more women sue Epstein's estate over alleged abuse Three women on Tuesday sued the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, saying they were sexually abused by the financier, both before and after the widely criticized 2007 plea deal that allowed him to avoid federal prosecution for sex crimes....2019-08-20, 19:39

New Ford Focus ST estate loads up at Goodwood Ford's booted ST makes its UK public debut at the Festival of Speed, with orders due to open later this month
Ford has used the Goodwood Festival of Speed to showcase the new Focus ST in estate form, alongside the standard hatch and new Puma.
Like the hatchback, the ST estate will be available in ...2019-07-04, 20:39

Jeffrey Epstein: three more women sue financier's estate Women say they were sexually abused by Epstein before and after a controversial plea deal in which he avoided federal prosecution for sex crimesThree more women sued the estate of Jeffrey Epstein on Tuesday, saying they were sexually abused by the financier both before and after the controversial de...2019-08-20, 22:00

Tom Brokaw to take a loss on lavish Westchester estate Veteran journalist Tom Brokaw is finally in contract to sell his Pound Ridge, NY, estate following a massive price cut. But he won’t break even on the Westchester property that he’s owned for decades, Gimme Shelter has learned. The 36-acre gated compound, which first asked $6.3 million i...2019-08-29, 05:39

Billionaire David Koch dead at 79 David Koch — the billionaire co-owner of Koch Industries — has died. He was 79 years old. The death of the billionaire conservative icon, who stepped down from his role as executive vice president of the family’s company last year, was announced Friday morning by his older brother, Charles. “I...2019-08-23, 15:39

Billionaire’s apartment asking $75M is overpriced, brokers say Brokers are raising eyebrows over Related Companies honcho Stephen Ross’s bold $75 million ask for his roughly 8,500-square-foot Time Warner Center penthouse. The latest sellers at the building sold at a loss of more than $5 million. They bought their 68th-floor, 4,050-square-foot unit for $19.45 mi...2019-07-18, 09:13

3 women file new civil suits against Epstein estate Three women have filed three new lawsuits against the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, detailing more incidents of sex trafficking -- for which he was jailed and why officials believe he ultimately killed himself in jail....2019-08-21, 17:26

Millionaire fan snatches up Prince’s lavish Caribbean estate A Turks and Caicos estate owned by late pop music icon Prince has sold for $10.8 million, the Wall Street Journal reports. The “Purple Rain” star, who died in 2016 at age 57, fittingly outfitted the spread with a driveway and a private movie theater both colored purple. (The former is purple concret...2019-06-20, 22:52

JD Salinger estate finally agrees to ebook editions Author’s son explains that wish for accessibility has persuaded trustees to look past his father’s dislike of digital mediaAfter years of refusing to allow publishers to digitise his works, the estate of JD Salinger has announced that the author’s famously small body of work will be published as ebo...2019-08-12, 19:52

Prince’s $11M Caribbean estate has a sprawling purple driveway Prince’s tropical estate in Turks and Caicos just sold for $10.8 million. The late singer purchased the Caribbean property in 2011 and added a purple driveway. Other perks include six bedrooms, a pool, tennis court, marina, private beaches and a home theater with purple velour walls. Listing agents:...2019-06-21, 19:52

New Skoda Superb Scout Cross-Estate Unveiled The new Skoda Superb Scout is different from the Skoda Combi Estate which was sold in Europe. It looks rugged equipped with matte black body claddings and also gets larger 18-inch alloy wheels while......2019-05-25, 09:39

Handwritten wills shake up Aretha Franklin’s estate PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The discovery of handwritten wills in the home of the late Aretha Franklin could ignite a dispute among family members about the estate of the “Queen of Soul.” She died last August without a formal document to guide her sons about her music, property and other asset...2019-05-22, 02:26

Tom Petty estate, Soundgarden among those suing record label NEW YORK (AP) — Soundgarden and estates representing Tupac Shakur and Tom Petty are among those suing Universal Music Group for materials lost in a 2008 fire.
In a suit filed this week in federal district court in Los Angeles, the artists allege that Universal failed to protect music ruined in the f...2019-06-23, 00:13

Ford Focus ST Estate 2.0 Ecoblue 2019 review Can the diesel-powered estate version of the new hot Ford Focus excite in quite the same way as the petrol hatchback?
This is the far extreme of the new Ford Focus ST family from the petrol hatchback that we've already reviewed. The 2.0-litre Ecoblue diesel engine will be offered in both the hatch...2019-07-02, 18:39

U.S. billionaire Commisso buys Italy's Fiorentina "Billionaire Rocco Commisso has bought Italian Serie A soccer club ACF Fiorentina from the Della Valle family, his U.S. cable company Mediacom Communications announced on Thursday."...2019-06-06, 14:39

Billionaire pledges to pay off Morehouse students’ debt Billionaire investor Robert Smith surprised graduating students at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, by using his speech at Sunday's commencement ceremony to pledge to pay off the student loan debt of the entire class of 2019....2019-05-21, 17:52

Billionaire Tom Steyer jumps into presidential race Billionaire activist Tom Steyer on Tuesday officially entered the crowded field for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, reversing his earlier decision not to run. “The other Democratic candidates for president have many great ideas that will absolutely move our country forward, but we...2019-07-09, 18:13

DNA test proves former care worker is entitled to £50m country estate Jordan Adlard-Rogers inherits 1,536-acre Cornwall estate after proving owner was his fatherA former care worker has inherited a £50m country estate after a DNA test proved he was the son of its deceased owner.Jordan Adlard-Rogers, 31, found out his father was the aristocrat Charles Rogers after his ...2019-05-21, 14:32

Cats trailer’s weirdness would have appealed to TS Eliot, suggests estate Trustees of the poet’s legacy, welcoming the forthcoming film, say it is no stranger than his Old Possum’s Book of Practical CatsAlthough the trailer for the film adaptation of Cats divided the internet when it was released last week, TS Eliot would likely have approved of the “rich strangeness” tha...2019-07-23, 15:00

Lawsuit claims filmmaker stiffed late partner’s estate A company belonging to filmmaker Michael Tadross Jr. stiffed the estate of his onetime business partner out of more than $1 million, court papers allege. Tadross’ company, Canbe Properties LLC, promised to pay $1.5 million in 2015 for shares in three tattoo supply businesses yet only ever coug...2019-06-27, 20:00

New BMW 3 Series Touring: sporty estate makes Frankfurt debut New 3 Series Touring will go on sale in the UK in late September
Available in plug-in hybrid form for the first time, the new 3 Series estate “handles even better” than the old one
BMW has shown the new 3 Series Touring at the Frankfurt motor show, and promised it will retain the dynamic handling...2019-09-10, 15:13

2020 Audi RS6 Avant performance estate shown in Frankfurt Most of the bodywork is bespoke. Audi says 0-62mph takes 3.6sec
Five hot new Audis will follow in the 591bhp wake of the super estate later this year
Audi Sport has shown the fourth-generation RS6 Avant, which features a 591bhp mild-hybrid twin-turbo V8 and will spearhead a major RS range expansi...2019-09-10, 15:13

Jeffrey Epstein: two unidentified women sue estate and alleged ‘recruiter’ New lawsuit filed in a Manhattan district court Thursday, drawn up by civil rights attorney Lisa Bloom, seeks $100m in damagesTwo unidentified women have filed a sexual abuse lawsuit in a Manhattan district court against the estate of wealthy financier and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.Epst...2019-08-16, 20:26

The Tolkien estate can veto pretty much anything in Amazon's Lord Of The Rings Anyone hoping for some kind of clever revisionist take on Middle-Earth history in Amazon’s upcoming Lord Of The Rings prequel series is probably going to be disappointed, as Engadget is reporting that Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey is on board as a consultant to ensure on behalf of the Tolkien estate t...2019-08-12, 02:00

Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas downsize to $4.5M NY estate Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones have quietly purchased a $4.5 million, 12-acre estate in Irvington, NY. The deal closed shortly after they sold their Bedford Corners estate to Aussie cardboard billionaire Anthony Pratt, as we previously reported. If you, too, want to live in the neighborhoo...2019-09-12, 03:39

Tamir Sapir’s children in $102M battle with relative over dad’s estate The family of a cabbie turned real estate billionaire is fighting a big bucks bid from a relative who wants a $102 million chunk of his estate. The son-in-law of Tamir Sapir, who died in 2014 and was once worth $2 billion at the height of the real estate boom, has no right to the......2019-08-18, 05:26

Two more women sue Jeffrey Epstein’s estate over alleged sexual assault Two more women are suing Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, claiming in their $100 million suit that they were lured to his home under false pretenses and sexually assaulted. The women were both working as hostesses at the now-shuttered Coffee Shop in Union Square when they were recruited by a woman in...2019-08-16, 18:52

Barack and Michelle Obama are buying a $15M estate in Martha’s Vineyard Barack and Michelle Obama are close to buying a massive Martha’s Vineyard estate. TMZ reports that the former president and first lady are in escrow — aka in contract to purchase — a 29-acre beachfront plot with a 6,892-square-foot main house. The Obamas were initially just renting...2019-08-23, 09:13

Jeffrey Epstein accuser sues financier's estate, Maxwell, others A woman who has accused Jeffrey Epstein of sexual misconduct on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the financier's estate, Epstein's former associate Ghislaine Maxwell, and three unnamed staff members who worked for Epstein in New York, according to a court filing....2019-08-14, 15:39

Dozens of Jeffrey Epstein ‘heirs’ come forward to claim his estate Dozens of people hoping to cash in on multimillionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s estate are claiming they were fathered by the perv — now that he apparently hanged himself over the weekend in a Manhattan jail cell. “We’ve had quite an inundation of calls as you can imagine,”...2019-08-13, 18:26

New Audi RS6 Avant: 600bhp estate confirmed for September launch Audi's latest RS estate will take on the Mercedes E63 S estate with similar performance
Audi is set to launch an all-new and more powerful RS6 Avant, and has invited members of the Audi Sport Drivers Club to an exclusive viewing on 5 September prior to its public unveiling at the Frankfurt motor sh...2019-08-12, 16:13

Billionaire Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein Is Finally Arrested Justice has been a long time coming for the dozens of alleged
victims of billionaire hedge fund manager Jeffrey Epstein, who has been accused
of sexually abusing and trafficking multiple teenage girls over a span of
several years....2019-07-07, 18:26

Billionaire behind Victoria’s Secret ‘embarrassed’ by Epstein ties Les Wexner, the billionaire behind Victoria’s Secret and Bed & Body Works, kicked off a presentation to investors Tuesday by saying he’s “embarrassed” by his former ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who offed himself in his jail cell last month while awaiting trial on new charges. “Bei...2019-09-11, 07:13

Ross Perot: billionaire who ran for president dies aged 89 Perot challenged Bush and Clinton as independent in 1992Texan who founded EDS also ran in 1996 for Reform partyRoss Perot, a billionaire who twice ran for president as an independent, has died. He was 89. Related: Donald Trump: UK ambassador is 'a very stupid guy' – live updates Continue reading......2019-07-09, 17:26

Billionaire Benioffs are making taboo editorial changes at Time Marc and Lynne Benioff, the billionaire husband-and-wife team who bought Time magazine, are spending money on digital talent — but also appear to be punching holes in the wall that once separated the ad-marketing side from the editorial content side. In a move that would have been a no-no at the old...2019-09-04, 13:26

Russian Billionaire Continues the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence It hasn’t been widely publicized, but the most extensive search for extraterrestrial intelligence ever undertaken has been up and running for more than four years.
Breakthrough Listen is a 10-year, $100 million space scanning project sponsored the Berkeley (California) SETI Research Center and funde...2019-07-04, 16:39

Billionaire paying off students’ loans is known for savvy dealmaking Buyout king Robert Smith was wildly generous to the graduates of Morehouse College last weekend — but he’s savvy and hard-nosed when it comes to business. Smith, who runs private-equity giant Vista Equity Partners, wowed college students Sunday when he vowed to pay off the student loan debt of Moreh...2019-05-21, 17:52

Ex-billionaire Raj Rajaratnam spotted leaving $17.5M pad after prison release Raj who? Eight years after his $70 million insider trading trial shook Wall Street, former Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam is back in town — and trying his best to go unnoticed. “Oh no, not me,” Rajaratnam, 62, told a photographer who spotted the fallen hedgie escaping his $17.5 million Sutton ...2019-09-13, 04:39

Billionaire’s $279M ranch comes with car museum, dinosaur fossil When a mansion hits the market, you might find high-end amenities such as an infinity pool, a home theater and a guest house. But to sweeten the deal of his Gateway, Colo., ranch for sale, John Hendricks — the billionaire founder of the Discovery Channel — threw in something a bit more o...2019-06-11, 17:52

Billionaire activist Paul Singer reveals $3.2B stake in AT&T The hedge fund billionaire known for seizing an Argentine navy vessel as partial payment for a debt is taking aim at AT&T — the telecom behemoth that also owns HBO and CNN. Paul Singer’s Elliott Management hedge fund sent a shot across the bow of AT&T Chief Executive Randall Stephenson on Monday whe...2019-09-10, 11:52

Chinese billionaire reportedly arrested for child molestation BEIJING — Prosecutors in Shanghai have formally arrested two people over child molestation allegations, with state media identifying one as a prominent real estate developer. The case has received prominent coverage in state media, including on national broadcaster CCTV Thursday, in an apparent atte...2019-07-11, 11:26

19 books billionaire Warren Buffett thinks everyone should read Getty Images / Matthew Peyton
Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, loves to read.
When he began his investing career, he would read 600 to 1,000 pages a day.
According to Berkshire Hathaway's shareholder letters and over two decades of interviews, these are the books that have guided Buffett...2019-05-21, 20:26

Billionaire donates $189M to study artificial intelligence LONDON (AP) — An American billionaire has given Oxford University 150 million pounds ($188.6 million) for a new institute that will study the ethical implications of artificial intelligence and its vast potential to change society as we know it....2019-06-21, 02:26

U.S. billionaire Commisso close to buying ACF Fiorentina: source U.S. billionaire Rocco Commisso is close to agreeing the purchase of Italian Serie A soccer club ACF Fiorentina from the Della Valle family for around 160 million euros ($180 million), a source with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday....2019-06-04, 17:52

David Koch, conservative billionaire and philanthropist, dead at 79 David Koch — the billionaire co-owner of Koch Industries and powerful political donor — has died. He was 79 years old. The death of the billionaire conservative icon, who stepped down from his role as executive vice president of the family’s company last year, was announced Friday morning by his old...2019-08-23, 19:39

Billionaire Wanted To Orbit Moon, But Ended Up In Court Harald McPike had been to the North Pole. The South Pole. Climbed the tallest peak in Africa, the volcano that is the highest point on Earth and the mountain that's not Everest but gives you a great......2019-05-28, 07:39

Jay-Z named world's first billionaire rapper by Forbes magazine In a new cover story, Forbes has valued the rapper and business mogul’s empire at $1bn, including real estate and other ventures Jay-Z has been named the world’s first billionaire rapper in a new Forbes cover story.The magazine has claimed the 49-year-old’s empire “conservatively” totals $1bn after ...2019-06-04, 00:39

Alibaba billionaire to buy Barclays Center for $700M: sources Alibaba co-founder Joe Tsai is expecting to sign a deal valued at more than $700 million to buy Brooklyn’s Barclays Center at the same time he acquires the 51 percent of the Brooklyn Nets that he does not already own, sources said. The simultaneous deals for the team and its home arena are expected ...2019-08-16, 21:39

West 57th tower ready to welcome new retailers to Billionaire’s Row With its 1,400-foot-tall slender condominium tower nearing completion, the developers of 111 W. 57th St. are ready to welcome retailers into its base along Billionaires’ Row. JDS Development Group, Property Markets Group and Spruce Capital Partners have hired a Newmark RKF team to pitch its four sto...2019-08-07, 12:39

David Koch, billionaire, GOP activist and philanthropist dies at 79 WASHINGTON (AP) — Billionaire industrialist David H. Koch, who with his older brother Charles was both celebrated and demonized for transforming American politics by pouring their riches into conservative causes, died Friday at 79.
The cause of death was not disclosed, but Koch Industries said Koch,...2019-08-23, 23:13

Queen Elizabeth’s jam supplier blamed for water shortage at English estate Queen Elizabeth II’s supplier of fruit preserves has found itself in a royal jam – amid a drop in water pressure in a neighboring estate, according to reports. Wilkin & Sons, a manufacturer of preserves and marmalades in Triptree, Essex, is accused of causing the water woes at the Nine Acres estate,...2019-07-17, 23:00

Name-dropping John Crudele solved letter writer’s estate problem Dear John: I have an issue with Kings County Surrogate’s Court. In order to obtain unclaimed funds for my father, I need Letters of Voluntary Administration for his aunt’s estate. I took my father to Kings County court, filled out the information on computer, and then sent the notarized packet in. I...2019-07-14, 16:26

Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas secretly selling NY estate Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas are in talks to sell their Westchester estate to Aussie cardboard billionaire Anthony Pratt, of Pratt Industries. The power couple bought it for around $11.25 million in 2014 and are in contract to sell it for around $15 million in an off-market deal, Gimme S...2019-07-18, 09:13

Cab driver slapped with massive legal fees after inheriting passenger’s estate A taxi driver who inherited a passenger’s entire estate has been slapped with a huge legal bill after the will was overturned after a bitter legal battle. The bizarre story began years ago when UK taxi driver Dean Hughes agreed to transport 348-pound Gary Mendez to various pubs. Most other cabbies r...2019-06-11, 21:52

Jeffrey Epstein accuser sues financier's estate and Ghislaine Maxwell Jennifer Araoz, who has accused Epstein of sexual misconduct, filed her lawsuit following his death in prisonA woman who has accused Jeffrey Epstein of sexual assault on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the financier’s estate, Epstein’s former associate Ghislaine Maxwell, and three unnamed staff me...2019-08-14, 15:39

The CBO sounds another spending alarm Just 10 months into the fiscal year, our budget deficit has already surpassed the totality of that of 2018. Currently at $867 billion, the federal government's 2019 budget deficit is slated to surpass the $1 trillion mark for the first time ever....2019-08-13, 14:52

Politicians can’t stop spending — and they don’t want to Dear John: Your column about debt is right on. I have been following federal spending, deficits and debt for many decades. Where you and I part is that I believe that all this excessive federal spending is the result of central banking, i.e., the Federal Reserve. Central banks finance all this and m...2019-07-14, 16:26

Track Your Spending Using a Pen and Paper Budgeting apps are plentiful, but it can take some trial and error to find one you love. And if you’re someone who’s trying to spend less time in front of a screen, sometimes the last thing you want to do is open your budgeting app for a checkup....2019-06-13, 00:26

Football rumours: Newcastle set for takeover by Dubai-based billionaire? Today’s tittle tattle is hanging on until Doomsday Here’s some grim news for anyone who fancies a quiet life. Newcastle’s slow-burning takeover saga could be about to conclude, with the Dubai-based billionaire Sheikh Khaled bin Zayed Al Nehayan reportedly set to be on the verge of releasing them fro...2019-05-27, 11:52

Billionaire coal magnate among 7 Americans killed in helicopter crash A billionaire West Virginia coal tycoon was among seven Americans killed in a helicopter crash off the coast of the Bahamas on Thursday evening, according to local officials and reports. Chris Cline, a former coal miner who turned his Foresight Energy company into a billion-dollar operation in 2015,...2019-07-05, 06:13

Ross Perot, self-made billionaire and presidential candidate, dead at 89 Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made billionaire from Texas who launched two unsuccessful presidential bids as a third-party candidate, has died. He was 89. Perot, who made a fortune after founding Electronic Data Systems Corp. in 1962, died Tuesday at his home in Dallas after a five-month battle wit...2019-07-09, 18:13

Mozambique Sues Billionaire in London Court Over Loan Deal The southern African country is suing Lebanese-French businessman Iskander Safa for fraud in a U.K. court, opening a new front in the country’s efforts to rid itself of $2 billion in debt raised by state-owned companies....2019-08-08, 14:39

Billionaire's luxury superyacht slips from cargo ship, gets lost at sea The billionaire owner of a 130-foot yacht, named MY Song, is singing the blues – so to speak – now that it’s gone missing after it fell off a cargo ship. It seems the superyacht, which was on the last leg of a journey that began in the Caribbean, was not secured correctly by the crew....2019-06-02, 07:13

Billionaire Tom Steyer makes 2020 U-turn and announces run for president Steyer, Democrats’ largest donor, says he will run after allActivist favors Trump impeachment and climate crisis actionBillionaire environmental activist Tom Steyer has formally launched his campaign for president, making a late entry into the sprawling 2020 Democratic field that has already held it...2019-07-09, 17:26

Billionaire Tom Steyer to join crowded 2020 presidential race Billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer is planning to launch his campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, a report said Sunday. The 62-year-old Steyer — who toyed with the idea of running in the past — held a private conference call last week to tell people close to him that he was...2019-07-08, 10:13

Billionaire owner of America’s priciest home drops $99M on another mansion He’s the owner of America’s priciest home, and he’s still expanding his empire. Billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin has shelled out a cool $99.13 million for a Palm Beach, Fla., property next to an estate he already owns, reports the Palm Beach Daily News. The latter is an o...2019-09-10, 20:52

U.S. Indicts Chinese Billionaire on Charges of Evading $1.8 Billion in Tariffs A Chinese metals tycoon has been indicted in the U.S. over allegations that he avoided paying $1.8 billion in tariffs on aluminum imports, Agence France-Presse reported Thursday.
Liu Zhongtian is accused of disguising aluminum as other products to smuggle the material into the U.S. from 2008 onwards...2019-08-01, 12:26

Billionaire Chris Cline’s doomed helicopter was airborn for just 1 minute The doomed helicopter carrying coal magnate Chris Cline, his daughter and five others was in the air for only a minute before it spun out of control and crashed in the Bahamas, killing everyone on board, federal authorities said Wednesday. A witness saw the ill-fated chopper lift off July 4 from Cli...2019-07-25, 07:01

Andrew Cuomo, billionaire Jim Chanos will raise funds for Joe Biden Gov. Andrew Cuomo and billionaire hedge fund manager Jim Chanos are slated to join 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden in a fundraising effort in New York next month, according to a report. The main stop on the former vice president’s trip will be at the Upper East Side home of Chanos, a ...2019-05-29, 23:52

Zuckerberg's Hawaii estate: battle's latest turn 'devastates' local family After the Rapozo family blocked their billionaire-backed cousin from buying land, the tables have suddenly turnedThe March auction was a rare win for the underdog: a group of Hawaiian relatives were able to block their distant cousin from buying up one of four small parcels of land for sale on the i...2019-06-07, 12:26

John Steinbeck: US court hears appeal in case for control of author's estate The writer’s family has battled for control of the Nobel prizewinner’s classic works for decadesAnother chapter is set to play out this week in a decades-old family dispute over control of the classic works by the author John Steinbeck.A three-judge panel of the ninth US circuit court of appeals hea...2019-08-07, 08:26

US consumer spending jumps in July Consumer spending in the United States surged in July, according to new data released Friday, suggesting American households are playing a crucial role in ensuring economic expansion continues....2019-08-30, 17:39

Why It's Worth Spending Money to Save More of It A lot of personal finance advice gets caught up in the little things—the cup of coffee you buy in the morning for $3. The streaming music subscription for $9.99 per month. Cut out these small expenses and clutch those dollar bills and you’ll save thousands of dollars each year. But of course it’s no...2019-07-03, 15:26

Election spending’s trickle-down conundrum Here’s the ironic thing about next year’s presidential election: The economy will be boosted by the flood of campaign money being spent at a time when the 26 Democrats running for president want the economy to look lousy so they can defeat President Trump. And the economy will be the major issue dur...2019-08-01, 05:52

Billionaire pedo Jeffrey Epstein held in Manhattan on new underage sex case Billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein has been arrested in New York in a massive new underage sex trafficking case, according to law enforcement sources. The hedge funder — who twelve years ago wriggled out of similar charges of abusing young girls — must appear in federal court in Manhattan on Mond...2019-07-07, 11:52

Doomed helicopter was taking billionaire Chris Cline’s daughter to hospital West Virginia coal tycoon Chris Cline was rushing his 22-year-old daughter to a Florida hospital for a medical emergency when their helicopter plunged into the Bahamian sea, according to a report. Kameron Cline, 22, began experiencing the unspecified medical issue while attending her dad’s birthday ...2019-07-07, 00:52

Billionaire Stephen Ross faces new crisis: LIRR at Hudson Yards Stephen Ross, the billionaire real estate developer getting flak for his Trump fundraiser in the Hamptons, is facing yet another headache — thanks to the Long Island Railroad, The Post has learned. The Related Companies chief and Miami Dolphins owner wants to kick-start the second phase of his Hudso...2019-08-09, 03:52

Billionaire Joe Tsai paid $3.37B for Brooklyn Nets and Barclays Center: sources Taiwanese Canadian businessman Joe Tsai is officially the new owner of the Brooklyn Nets basketball team, which is gearing up for a new season with star players Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov on Friday announced that he sold his remaining 51 percent stake in the...2019-08-16, 23:39

Billionaire Joe Tsai paid $3.38B for Brooklyn Nets and Barclays Center: sources Taiwanese Canadian businessman Joe Tsai is officially the new owner of the Brooklyn Nets basketball team, which is gearing up for a new season with star players Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov on Friday announced that he sold his remaining 51 percent stake in the...2019-08-17, 05:26

Jeffrey Epstein asked publicist to rehab his ‘billionaire pervert’ image Jeffrey Epstein went to a New York City publicist a few years ago begging for help with his image — telling the society-page ace, “I don’t want ‘billionaire pervert’ to be the first line of my obituary.” The publicist, R. Couri Hay, offered a few options, he recalled to...2019-07-17, 00:39

Billionaire boss of Equinox, SoulCycle blasted for hosting Trump fundraiser The billionaire behind Equinox and SoulCycle — playgrounds for New York’s liberal elite — is a major President Trump supporter who is throwing him a Hamptons fundraiser this Friday. News of Stephen Ross’ pro-Trump leanings led to a furious reaction Wednesday from left-leaning lover...2019-08-08, 00:52